THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. It is high time this Sturo l.PHtirred herself and prcsonlod a Bolid front re garding tho selection of the site for the .Federal capital, particularly as the agitation of this question seems to have been revived in earnest. It is absnlutnlv necessary for the State Premier to cast aside the vascilating spirit evinced by him in connection with this question and speak with .no uncertain 'voico regarding Iho claims of Kew South Wales. Ifc has) been said that any capital delected by New South Wales may be rejected by the Federal Par liament and from the manner und style of the canvass in the pnst, lhin U not at all unlikely. It i- quite possible for the Federal Parliament: which has tho last say in the matter, to #n on rejection aito After sit*, It ia pretty ? _ ? i well certain that tho Victorian repre sentatives will be in no hurry to .select n site, and in tliia.t hey will bo supported by some, of thnother States, particularly South and Wciat Australia. From this i...

PD-GORSETS PD \4 W The... -^Jr x. recognised . ., W fM$ 8tandard jy&amp;^#\ HIQH-OUA88 $w0Wffi\ \ CORaET *\%I|pip) ) '?' the Trad« Wk/)B»^B / throughout.,. (ii^ff thev*°rid ivory Genuine Pair /^fell^X boars this TRADE WsBiilircl MARK on band w||lify Bewaro of Inforlar Imitations. Dbt»in«ble from Ail DRAPERS Evervwh«r«. Sola Agents for Australia I BORSBORFF &amp; OO.S',1^ ferS™' Anthony Hordern's Only Universal Providers, Make a Speciality of Country Or&amp;ors tiroujfe tbo Post. A special stnfl ia employed upon this business, uliobo special experience is &amp;t tho aervico of country folk. In tlio selection of various kinds of goods this special experience 13 of vast assistance, eimMing us to choose wisely and to satisfy every country need. Anthony Hordern's Famous Low Prices CONFER IMMENSE BENEFITS UPON COUNTRY PEOPLE. Anthony Hordern's Famous Loio Prices Rro a cut bolow the prices of every Sydney Storekeeper, and they are miles under the high rates Country Storekee...

THE WAR. During a sharp fight' tit Treafontein the British lost 7 killed ond 2-J wounded. Two mon of tho Impori&amp;l Yeomanry assert that a party of Boers captnred a small convoy near Philippolis and murdered eight native drivers, several of whom were tied to the wheels of the waggons.

.Siihbnth ISoposc. Durinn the discussion in Iho Reicli stng of tho Peanmn's Kegulution J5 i 1 5 , the c'anso dratted by tho committee prohibiting tranR- Atlantic steamers, with the exception of nmil boats, from starting on thnir outward journeys on Sunday was expunged nftor a prolonged debate. During this discussion Count von Poaadowaki Wehncr, the Seeivtftry of thn Interior, argued that in (lit* fuce of great efforts now being made by foreign countries lo secure tho world's carrying trade, Germany must not go lo this extreme! for the sub: of Sunday rent. Only Socialist and Centrist membp.rs of thn Reichstug voted for tho retention of the clause.

ENGLAND v. COUNTY TRAMS The English eleven v. County team at Melbourne declared their innings closed with 6 wickcta for 377. The County team made in their first innings 1 1 1 and in tho second 4 wickets for

Ureat Names. A glance at tho list of names of those formini; thn new Victorian con tingent reveals quite a number of curious conjunctions. Scriptural ?mines are represented by Paul, Ev0, Jude, Absolom nnd Samson ; poetry by S:ott, irtino, jyneiuce, Uamphell and Pete Pindar; medicine is remember*'1 ' f. ' [/?[ ' a'(l -ritt ; there is a * -g nnd a Tinker, also a Tidyman, who, it may b0 hoped, will ? win a special medal for the best kept kit Astronomy has Herschell for its repre sentative; engineering n Stophenson ; the church, a See and a Butler ; trade a .'smith, a Mason, a Ooope,-, a Butcher and several Carters. Them nro a Hawker and a Harper to represent street life. ; nnimal life finds a Fox a Cock and n Parrott ; there is one Toy nnd one Tubb. It is also satisfactory to know that one of the contingent will bo Gay, and doubly so to find another will be Gayer. One mun comes from Walhalln. another from Paradise (alas I he is a Coleman !) Fortunately, there is no ono from the other p...

Through family circumstances I am compelled to leave for England in March. For two months 1 intend holding a GIGANTIC ... - ? CLEARANCE /. SALE .-. COIV1MENOSNG SAT. FEB. 8, Ami shull offer tor absolute sale to Uio General Public my splendid up-to-clntu stock of over ,£5000 at Marvellous deductions UNDER COST PRICE'. The store will be closed for two days prior to the sale to mark down the entire stock, catalogues of which will bo ready in a few days. I need scarcely advise any one wishing to save about 10s in the .£ to Wait for it. It will simply paralyse the trade of Moree. Country customers wanting Drapery and Ironmongery, my prices will be fully 7s Gd in the £ under Sydney firms. HILL, GLARE &amp;s CO., SELLING AGENTS ONLY. The Jicsl Finn. in. Sydney to ha mil n your FAT . STOCK, . WOOL . &amp; . PRODUCE. PrKKOXAL AtTBSTION, IlKillKST PlMCliS PltOMI'T RliTURNS.

. If you doubt tho following and wish to mvcatigatsyou huven't to go?o BornTo!w town in the colony to provo it. It's not a lnnK story published in Horoo now»naTOra n. out a vesiilont of Bourko or Bathurst iVb about a resident of Moreo anrl given n her own words. No .trongor proof can bo ha' Mrs. Tho.. Pitman, H6h«r Street, tin, town, eaya :— ?' It js 8jx voar3 hinc0 - fi fc suffwerl with my kidney.. At first the symptoms wera slight onbugh, but thov slowly grew worse until I found mvsolf undergoing a lot of torture. I had a psin in tho back and in my loft side between the back and tho hip and this was i^i'Z p.mft.1. Attin1(!aitwa,,luchwors^y '.-Cr8- a 'i»ty dragging ngnny as if Romo iliiiig must givo way, especially when I leaned forward. I found it very hard to rosumo an upright position again. I lined to havo headaches and a fluttering nbout tho hoart wliioh used to tnko iny breath away For this troublo I had used vory many reniedios but nothing gnvo me moro than a Hliuht relief u...